Reception: Wednesday, August 27, 6 – 8 pm
MFA Computer Art Gallery
132 West 21st Street, 7th Floor
New York City
http://www.schoolofvisualarts.edu
The School of Visual Arts (SVA) presents “ZERO FRAMES PER SECOND,” an exhibition of digital prints, slides and video by MFA Computer Art Department faculty member Kurt Ralske, a noted video artist, composer and programmer. The exhibition reflects Ralske’s engagement with the restructuring of time-based media. It will be on view from August 18 – September 12, at the MFA Computer Art Gallery, 132 West 21st Street, 7th Floor, New York City.
Ralske’s large-format prints take a new look at the way we view film, by transforming entire movies using custom software written by the artist. The works of Godard, Kubrick, Murnau and others are presented as single images. Within these images, the cinematic experience is freed from duration, narrative and signification, producing a visually abstract record of the information from the 150,000 or so frames in each film. One set of prints represents only the motion that occurs within the film, while another represents only what was motionless within the film.
Kurt Ralske’s video installations, performances, digital prints and software art have been exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), and the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. He created the nine-channel, real-time algorithmic video installation that is permanently installed in the lobby of The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City. The New York Times has described Ralske’s work as a “compelling, ingenious alliance of sound and motion,” noting his “technical wizardry”.
The MFA Computer Art Gallery, located at 132 West 21st Street, 7th floor between 6th and 7th Avenues, will be open Monday through Friday by appointment from 10am to 6pm, and is closed on weekends and public holidays. Admission is free. The gallery is accessible by wheelchair. For further information or to schedule an appointment to view the exhibition, please call Charley Lewis at 212.592.2517.
“ZERO FRAMES PER SECOND” is made possible by the MFA Computer Art Department at the School of Visual Arts; the Media Arts Fellowships, a program of the Tribeca Film Institute, founded and supported by the Rockefeller Foundation; and the Experimental Television Center’s Finishing Funds program, which is supported by the Electronic Media and Film Program at the New York State Council on the Arts.
School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City is an established leader and innovator in the education of artists. From its inception in 1947, the faculty has been comprised of professionals working in the arts and art-related fields. SVA provides an environment that nurtures creativity, inventiveness and experimentation, enabling students to develop a strong sense of identity and a clear direction of purpose.
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